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| 2.
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[témò] |
/témò/ |
to
sing |
| 3. |
[t mócì]
|
/tmócì/
|
slap
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Medially
before the following consonants :
ph, th, d, ch, l, v |
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| 1. |
[tmphén] |
/tmphén/
|
bat |
| 2. |
[smthìv] |
/smthìv/ |
to
throw |
| 3. |
[cmdà] |
/cmtà/ |
pincers |
| 4. |
[ khmlán] |
/khmlán/
|
religion |
| 5. |
[hámv ]
|
/hámv/
|
to
carry |
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Finally |
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| 1. |
[míkhm] |
/míkhm/ |
fire
worship |
| 2. |
[ó m] |
/óm/ |
cobra |
| 3. |
[ tám] |
/tám/ |
monkey |
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.
/mh/ It is a voiced aspirated bilabial nasal. It
does not have any other positional variant other than [mh]
itself. It occurs initially and medially in a word.
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Examples
for [mh] :
Initially before a vowel :
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| 1. |
[mhkcù] |
/mhkcù/
|
blind |
| 2. |
[mhà] |
/mhà/
|
to bless |
| 3. |
[mhn¡] |
/mhn¡/
|
good |
| 4. |
[mhóndà] |
/mhóntà/
|
treaty |
| 5. |
[mhémì] |
/mhémì/
|
hell |
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Medially
between two vowels : |
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| 1. |
[mhì] |
/mhì/
|
tail |
| 2. |
[mhókù] |
/mhókù/
|
to amuse |
| 3. |
[mháthì] |
/mháthì/
|
pumpkin |
| 4. |
[mhìkrákì] |
/mhìkràkì/ |
jealousy |
| 5. |
[límhà] |
/límhà/ |
world |
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/n/
It is a voiced unaspirated dental nasal. It does not have
any other positional variant other than [n] itself. It occurs
initially, medially and finally in a word.
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Examples
for [n] :
Initially before a vowel : |
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| 1. |
[nhórì] |
/nhórì/
|
child |
| 2. |
[nóp] |
/nóp/
|
deaf |
| 3. |
[í òó] |
/íò/
|
parrot |
| 4. |
[n] |
/n/
|
July |
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Initially
before a lateral and trill : |
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| 1. |
[nlp là] |
/nlplà/
|
lightening |
| 2. |
[nr] |
/nr/
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February |
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Medially
between two vowels : |
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| 1. |
[m lánì] |
/mlánì/
|
evening |
| 2. |
[hnò] |
/hnò/
|
hen |
| 3. |
[nílánà] |
/nlánà/
|
revenge
(Imp) |
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Medially
before the following consonants :
t, c, ch, f, s, r |
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